1922 Rare Book - Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights illustrated by Edmund Dulac

Author: Emily Brontë. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Title: Wuthering Heights.
Publisher: London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1922.
Language: Text in English.
Size:  7.5 x 5 inches. 
Pages: xxv-289 pages. 
Binding: Very good publisher’s original light olive-green cloth binding, the spine decorated and lettered in gilt with ornamental Art-Nouveau style floral devices, the upper board framed in a single-rule border with Dulac’s monogram device stamped in black to the centre (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing mainly to the preliminary and terminal leaves - as shown). The text remains crisp and legible, the gatherings sound, and the hinges firm.
Illustrations: Complete with six beautiful colour plates by Edmund Dulac, each with printed caption below the image, including the striking frontispiece. The plates are complete and retain their rich tonal quality.

The book: A handsome early twentieth-century illustrated edition of Emily Brontë’s immortal Gothic masterpiece Wuthering Heights, issued with six evocative colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac, one of the great illustrators of the Golden Age of book illustration. Dulac’s atmospheric plates bring a haunting lyricism to the drama of the Yorkshire moors and the turbulent relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff, making this edition especially prized by collectors of illustrated literature.

The author: Emily Brontë (1818–1848) published only a single novel, yet Wuthering Heights stands as one of the most powerful works in English fiction — a novel of intense passion, psychological depth, and stark Romantic vision. Long misunderstood at its first publication, it is now regarded as a cornerstone of nineteenth-century literature.

The illustrator: Edmund Dulac (1882–1953) was a French-born British illustrator celebrated for his richly coloured, dreamlike artwork. Best known for his illustrated editions of fairy tales and classics such as The Arabian Nights, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Stories from Hans Andersen, Dulac brings here a dramatic yet poetic visual interpretation to Brontë’s singular novel.